Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [be] bind to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | the district judge held that each defendant was bound to be found negligent . |
| 2 | Walking during this heatwave was bound to be warm work and I was determined to avoid sandwiches of chalk and modelling clay . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if you woke the child up to clean his or her teeth , some sugar is bound to be retained on or between the teeth . ’ |
| 4 | This patient was bound to be extremely distressed at finding that a male doctor had forcibly touched her intimately . |
| 5 | Any such classification is bound to be somewhat arbitrary and , as Willett acknowledges , many groups can be placed in more than one category . |
| 6 | After Tommy any change was bound to be for the worse , but really ! |
| 7 | By its nature , the service sector of any economy is bound to be an inflationary part of that economy . |
| 8 | What these sins were Roger of Howden does not tell us and any guess is bound to be a subjective one , reflecting upon ourselves and upon our age rather than upon Richard 's behaviour . |
| 9 | Most action was bound to be like this — a span , long or short , in which one did nothing — could do nothing except be at the mercy of one 's nerves — and then the moment , the test … |